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Tomas needs lumber to make corner braces for a piece of furniture he is building. He cuts 4 feet from a board that is 8 feet long. With the wood he has left, Tomas makes 18 corner braces of equal size.
How many inches of wood does each brace use? - in​

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Answer: each brace is 2 & 2/3 inches long

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Step-by-step explanation:

"he cuts 4 feet from a board that's 8 feet long" means that he has 8-4 = 4 feet to work with. This converts to 4*12 = 48 inches.

Next, we cut that into 18 equal pieces

48/18 = 8/3 = 2 & 2/3

This is approximately 2.667 inches

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18/4, the answer is 4.5, if i understand the problem
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